A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.